Jesse Chandler of Henry and Franklin Co., VA (continued from 12/12/98 message) (Part six) This will be the last part of the Jesse Chandler series. I have told you most of what I know about Jesse and made an educated guess about where he came from. I have gradually come to realize that I have not been paying enough attention to historical time lines as related to geography and in relation to the people involved. In this mornings message I mentioned several census records that were missing and thus could explain some anomalies. Later it occurred to me that I should review the formation of the counties, both in time and location vis-a-vis Jesse and my Thompson (I think Thompson is a son of a William). Guess what? Franklin was formed from Henry Co. in 1786 - I wonder where Jesse's land was located. Patrick was also formed from part of Henry 1791. Henry was formed from Bedford in 1777. Stokes NC was formed from Surry NC in 1789 and Surry from Rowan in 1771. All of this is in the area and time we are looking at. Put this information together with the missing census documents and it causes real confusion. In this message, I will track a few of his children and finish with some random facts and dates that were gathered by the Franklin Co. genealogist, Mrs. Sigmon. The random facts were among the many documents she sent me as we were trying to establish my Thompson Chandler's parents and VA county of birth. As I have said in earlier messages, there seems to be no direct connection between Jesse and Thompson, although I would bet that Jesse may have been a great uncle or cousin or some relative not in the direct descendant line. I will try to give a reference for the random facts, but if I do not list them, it is because I do not know. All of the facts come from printed books or documents in a Franklin County or Roanoke library. First, Jesse's children. I can only track one fairly well and a second a little bit and the others not at all. Of the children, I mentioned in Jesse's estate documents, I have found a good track for Moses and a mention of Jerusha. PLEASE NOTE: according to the book Virginia Genealogy, p. 28, "To receive a license, persons had to give bond with sufficienty security (usually $150) that there was no lawful reason why the marriage couldn't take place. The bondsman was usually a family member related to either the bride or the groom." Moses Chandler was born in Franklin County, Va about 1805. He married Elizabeth W. Hodges July 7, 1825 in Franklin Co. Surety, Robert Hodges, Jr. (Wingfield, Marriages of Franklin Co. Va., 1786-1858) Elizabeth's Hodges family lineage back to 1705 in VA is shown in WFT CD #5, Tree 795. Also in Wingfield, (Franklin Co.) Marriage - Jan. 12, 1822 of Henry Hodges & Nancy Chandler. Surety, Moses Chandler Marriage - Jan. 23, 1793 Benjamin Chandler & Jane Fallis. Surety, James Brummet Marriage - Jan. 2, 1797 Daniel Chandler & Margaret Roan. Surety, John Stone Marriage - Oct. 8, 1789 Shadrach Chandler & Ann Brummett, daughter of James and Agnes.- Married by Thomas Douglas. Marriage - Dec. 3, 1837 Stephen Chandler & Francis Sutherlin. Surety, Ransom Sutherlin. Marriage - March 13, 1787 Thomas Chandler & Charity Elliott. Surety Daniel Brown. Marriage - May 21, 1788, William Chandler & Jane Douglas. Daughter of Thomas and Jean. Marriage - January 3, 1825 Ellison Chavers & Susannah Chandler. Surety Jesse Chandler. Marriage - January 14, 1830 Starling Chavis & Betsy Chandler. Surety Moses Chandler. Marriage - Aug. 20, 1834 Charles Ashworth & Sarah Chandler, daughter of Jerusha. --Surety Stephen Chandler. Marriage - July 29, 1839 James Harvey & Nancy C. Chandler. Surety Gerutin Chandler. Marriage - Jan. 12, 1822 Henry Hodges & Nancy Chandler. Surety Moses Chandler. Marriage - July 27, 1824 Winston Lain & Polly Ferguson, gardian Jesse Chandler.-- Surety, Moses Chandler. Marriage - July 21, 1849 Jeremiah Paris & Mary Chandler. Surety, Benjamin Pearson. >From a book - title unkown p. 109 under section called the Farmer Family " John Farmer, son of Benjamin, #217 on tithe list, 600 acres in 1764 Cornwell Parish, Lunenburg County Virginia, Thomas Bedford Gentleman, John married a Miss Newton. Stephen B ca 1748 Isham B ca 1750, By 1778 was old enough to buy land Sarah B Ca 1746, married 5-4-1764, Joseph Chandler >From a book - title unkown (next 3 listings are from this same book - seems to be a census listing of a family followed by a descriptive paragraph - for the purpose of brevity, I will only show the para. #, head of household and the descriptive paragraph). p.72 , #245 Levi H. Vaught, 52, Farmer, Va. Levi and Lucinda Channels, 22 Jan 1833, Giles Register says "Channels," but her name was Chandler, d/o Jesse and Sara Chandler of Franklin Co., Va. Levi, s/o Christian and Nancy Vaught, Christian will 12 Jun 1812, probated Feb 1816. Levi d. 1 Sep 1887 of Dropsy; Lucinda d. 7 Sep 1887, 84 years., cholera, both in Mercer Co., WV ........ p. 142, #499 Green B. Chandler, 31, Carpenter, Va. Green md Elizabeth Fisher, 4 Jul 1855, d/o John and Mary (Fillinger) Fisher. Green, s/o Moses and Elizabeth (Hodges) Chandler, 7 Jul 1825 in Franklin Co.., d/o Robert and Susana Hodges. Green was with Capt. James F. Preston in war with Mexico. Green was killed in Battle of Piedmont, 5 Jun 1864, in Civil War. Elizabeth md (2) Creed P. Hudson, 24 Dec 1866,...... p. 262 #940 Jacob Peters, 45 Shoemaker, Va. First part of para ommitted for brevity....... son, Jacob md Bettie Chandler, 26 Oct 1876, d/o Green and Elizabeth (Hudson) Chandler. Jacob died 16 Jul 1891, 39 years, Fever Montgomery County marriage listing; Fisher, Jackson (son of John and Mary Fisher) (b.p. Giles Co., Va.) (w/o ?) & Chandler, Julina C. (d/o Moses and Elizabeth Chandler ; 4 Feb 1857 (MM) I have other listings for other Chandlers in counties a little more distant, but it is time to stop. Send me a message if you want me to look at a listing again - or if you want a copy of any of the items, send me a self addressed envelope and I will send you a copy of the particular document you want. Please do not ask for copies of everything, unless you really - really need them. Please forgive typos and misspellings. There are so many abreviations and strange names in this message, it would probably choke my spell checker if I ran it. Happy Holidays to all. Tom Dr. H. Thomas Chandler 1714 Besley Road Vienna, Virginia 22182 Phone 703-281-6137 FAX 703-281-3040 E-Mail [email protected] Web page address: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/h/a/Hubert-T-Chandler/